NTPC adds 2,820 Mw in 2011-12

State-run power producer NTPC has added a record capacity of 2,820 Mw during the year 2011-12, surpassing its earlier record of 2,490 Mw during 2010-11. The company has a total capacity of 37,000 Mw now. During 2011-12, the company commissioned two units of 660Mw at Sipat (Chhattisgarh), 500 Mw units each at its power stations in Jhajjar (Haryana), Simhadri (Andhra Pradesh) and Vallur(Tamil nadu). With this addition, the company has also surpassed the 11th plan target of 9,220 Mw by achieving total capacity addition of 9,610 Mw.